Junk removal costs in York

Plan a large-item pickup in York 7 to 10 days ahead. The city's hauler, ESC Waste Services, collects household furniture and appliances that are too big or too heavy for regular trash, year-round. Book online, or call Monday through Thursday between 9 and 3:30. You can schedule up to five items a week.

The clock is tight on both ends. Nothing goes out before 5 p.m. the evening before, and it has to be at your property's one designated pick-up point by 6 a.m. Miss that, and the crew won't come back. The item goes back inside until the next collection day for it.

Some things the crew won't take at all: pianos, organs, pool tables, big trampolines, fence sections, garage doors, car parts, lumber, brick, block, dirt, or anything in bags or boxes. Under a Pennsylvania law, TVs, computers and anything that plugs into a computer can't be collected either.

Those electronics go to the York County Solid Waste Authority instead. Its Small Load Drop-Off sits at the Resource Recovery Center on Blackbridge Road, for York County residents, weekdays 8 to 4 and Saturdays until noon. It takes furniture, mattresses, appliances with refrigerant, yard waste and electronics. Check in at the scale house first.

Old tires still on the rim count as a large item here. Only residential customers can book them, and only up to two.